Originally posted by sealing
Not to make light because it's a serious subject,
but after I read the story, I pictured an old decrepit
squirrel pushing a little squirrel sized cart saying,
"Bring out your dead".

That sir, is not only making light of a serious issue; It is outright hilarious! In fact it might be the funniest thing anyone has said on ATS in
months.

I heard of a blend of essential oil that 4 thieves in those times used to rob the graves of plague victims. Perhaps using it now will not only help
with those antibiotic resistant strains, but the black death as well.

There are five oils most commonly used in modern ”robber oil” blends: Clove, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary.

What scares me most about this story is a tangential fact - this is the worst flea season I can EVER remember here in the south. We don't even have
pets indoors and yet we are battling them because they are everywhere outside. It's crazy. Like I've never experienced before.

Originally posted by Zaphod58
The plague is fairly common in some areas, but few people get sick from it. Anthrax is another one that is fairly common in some areas, especially the
western United States.

Yep. Used to live in the SW--home to bubonic plague and hantavirus. Infected deer mice and prairie dogs popped up every year but it was remote
enough where the cases were few. There were cases of both, however, just about every year that I lived out there. LA Times remarked that there had
been 4 cases of plague in LA since 1984 so the presence of the plague is obviously not something new.

Proximity to LA isn't cool in this case but it's not hard to combat plague. It's called being clean, don't muck with wild animals and treat your
pets for fleas. Oh and don't aersolize (vacuum) mouse pellets because that's when you can inhale hantavirus.

Four Thieves' Vinegar is mostly used by hoodoo practitioners and in "witchcraft". It was purported to protect the user from the plague but it
didn't actually work...I wouldn't advocate it as a treatment for or measure of protection from the plague.

Originally posted by sealing
Not to make light because it's a serious subject,
but after I read the story, I pictured an old decrepit
squirrel pushing a little squirrel sized cart saying,
"Bring out your dead".

Four Thieves' Vinegar is mostly used by hoodoo practitioners and in "witchcraft". It was purported to protect the user from the plague but it
didn't actually work...I wouldn't advocate it as a treatment for or measure of protection from the plague.

Ok! I won't try that then!

I use to camp in the Angeles National forest when I lived in Orange county. That's where I saw a UFO and a big alien head in the sky.

Originally posted by Skada
I heard of a blend of essential oil that 4 thieves in those times used to rob the graves of plague victims. Perhaps using it now will not only help
with those antibiotic resistant strains, but the black death as well.

There are five oils most commonly used in modern ”robber oil” blends: Clove, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary.

Originally posted by kosmicjack
What scares me most about this story is a tangential fact - this is the worst flea season I can EVER remember here in the south. We don't even have
pets indoors and yet we are battling them because they are everywhere outside. It's crazy. Like I've never experienced before.

So, in my book, plague infected squirrel x fleas =

I'm glad it's on the west coast.

Hey KJ, what's happened to you fireants? Ours take care of anything thats ground level. We keep the ants out with Amdro(R) sprinkled around the
perimeter of the humble abode. Other than that, the fireants would eat us alive. They will capture and eat fleas, and anything else that crawls
around.

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